# Helping Others

**URL:** <https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/helping-others/146952>\
**Category:** Recovery\
**Created:** [July 24, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/helping-others/146952 "2026-07-24T09:45:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/helping-others/146952/1 "2026-07-24T09:45:48Z")

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Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.  
— ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20

Self-centeredness was my problem. All my life people had been doing things for me and I not only expected it, but I was ungrateful and resentful they didn’t do more. Why should I help others, when they were supposed to help me? If others had troubles, didn’t they deserve them? I was filled with self-pity, anger and resentment. Then I learned that by helping others, with no thought of return, I could overcome this obsession with selfishness, and if I understood humility, I would know peace and serenity. No longer do I need to drink.